The influence of clear speech on auditory-perceptual judgments of electrolaryngeal speech

Journal of Communication Disorders
Steven Cox, Philip C Doyle

Abstract

To determine the influence of clear speech on auditory-perceptual judgments of speech acceptability and listener comfort for electrolaryngeal speech. Voice recordings were obtained from 10 electrolaryngeal speakers. Each speaker read the Rainbow Passage in two conditions: habitual speech and clear speech. Speakers were encouraged to speak as clearly as possible and over-articulate in the clear speech condition. Auditory-perceptual rating tasks were completed by 20 normal-hearing adults who evaluated 20 randomized voice recordings. Two counterbalanced listening sessions were used to gather ratings of speech acceptability and listener comfort. A significant effect of speaking condition was found on listener judgments of speech acceptability, but not listener comfort. However, listener scores for speech acceptability and listener comfort were found to be significantly related. For all speakers, objective temporal measures indicated reduced speaking rates in the clear speech condition. These findings suggest that volitional attempts to improve electrolaryngeal speech using clear speech might negatively impact listener judgments of speech acceptability, but not listener comfort. Further, the data suggest that speech acceptability an...Continue Reading

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Sep 2, 2020·American Journal of Speech-language Pathology·Steven R CoxWei-Rong Chen
May 13, 2021·Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR·Jennifer M VojtechJoshua C Kline
Aug 2, 2021·Folia Phoniatrica Et Logopaedica : Official Organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)·Tak Fai HuiManwa Lawrence Ng

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